Birmingham Fatt Butcher’s ‘Anywhere is a Dancefloor’ wins Best Short Film Award at G.L.A.D Film Festival The film sees queer joy brought to Birmingham’s public spaces By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Arts LGBTQ+ poet Jasmine Gardosi announced as new Birmingham Poet Laureate LGBTQ+ poet Jasmine Gardosi was named as the new Birmingham Poet Laureate for 2022-24 – succeeding Casey Bailey – during a National Poetry Day celebration earlier this month, which also marked the start of this year’s Birmingham Literature Festival. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Cadbury recreates Black Peppa’s Drag Race UK headdress Following Black Peppa’s win, Cadbury put their Bournville chocolatiers to work as they re-created the iconic chocolate headdress, this time using real chocolate as their materials. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Plans scrapped for apartments that threatened Birmingham’s gay village Plans for a 12-story block of multi-million-pound apartments in Birmingham’s gay village have been withdrawn after concerns regarding noise and the nightlife economy. The complex – which was the latest in a line of housing developments in the area – would have housed 133 apartments. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham New funding launched for LGBTQ+ community groups in Birmingham In partnership with Birmingham City Council and Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham LGBT has launched a new pilot project to fund LGBTQ+ community groups in Birmingham. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Student targeted in homophobic hate crime at Birmingham Pride Raphael Kohn (20) was the target of a homophobic hate crime at Birmingham Pride following the parade on Saturday. Raphael, a third-year medical student at the University of Birmingham, was verbally abused by a man as he was heading home from Pride. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Legendary Nightingale Club DJ, Tony De Vit, honoured with blue plaque Tony De Vit has been honoured with a blue plaque in Birmingham, making him the first UK DJ to receive such an honour. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Birmingham’s Nightingale Club to feature in new map, which explores 50 years of British LGBTQ+ nightlife Exploring 50 years of British LGBTQ+ nightlife and parties, Here, There, Everywhere is a map that has been lovingly created by Crack magazine, Queer Britain – the UK’s first LGBTQ+ museum – and Levi’s By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham IN PICTURES: Birmingham Pride 2022 Catherine Muxworthy captures this year’s Birmingham Pride, celebrating 25 years of Protest, Power and Pride. By Catherine Muxworthy • 5 min read
Birmingham Birmingham Unicorns cricket team working to make the game accessible for all Birmingham Unicorns is only the world’s second openly LGBTQ+ cricket club, which was formed during lockdown by cricket-lover Lachlan Smith, who wanted to create a space for the LGBTQ+ community to connect again after the pandemic. Now, the competitive team has over 30 registered players. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham NHS Blood and Transplant to attend Birmingham Pride to celebrate a year since changes to blood donation eligibility rules NHS Blood and Transplant will be attending Birmingham Pride this weekend to celebrate changes in eligibility rules which means more people than ever before can now become blood donors. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Birmingham’s Fierce festival to celebrate 25 years of outlandish, alternative and outsider performance Featuring 50 events and artists from 16 countries and six continents, the festival, taking place between October 11-16, is an eclectic mix of thought-provoking, fun and entertaining works including theatre, music, dance, parties and performance art By Contributor • 6 min read
